The 2005 World Championship for men in team handball is being played in Tunisia between January 23rd and February 6th, 2005.

The winner of the gold medal was Spain, Croatia took silver and France won the bronze.

Group A

Games played in Tunis, Rades.

1st round, 23 January

• Tunisia - Angola 39:23
• France - Canada 44:16
• Denmark - Greece 27:23

2nd round, 25 January

• Greece - France 20:19
• Tunisia - Canada 42:20
• Denmark - Angola 47:19

3rd round, 26 January

• Greece - Angola 26:21
• France - Tunisia 26:26
• Denmark - Canada 52:18

4th round, 28 January

• Greece - Canada 36:23
• Tunisia - Denmark 25:22
• France - Angola 40:18

5th round, 29 January

• Angola - Canada 27:26
• Tunisia - Greece 27:27
• France - Denmark 32:26

Standings:

Tunisia    5  3 2 0 159:108 8 *
Greece     5  3 1 1 132:117 7 *
France     5  3 1 1 161:106 7 *
Denmark    5  3 0 2 174:117 6  
Angola     5  1 0 4 108:178 2  
Canada     5  0 0 5 103:201 0  

* indicates they qualified for playoffs

Group B

Games played in Nabeul, Hammamet.

1st round, 23 January

• Czech Rep. - Iceland 34:34
• Russia - Algeria 28:22
• Slovenia - Kuwait 34:17

2nd round, 25 January

• Russia - Kuwait 38:11
• Czech Rep. - Algeria 29:29
• Slovenia - Iceland 34:33

3rd round, 26 January

• Slovenia - Algeria 33:28
• Russia - Czech Rep. 25:21
• Iceland - Kuwait 31:22

4th round, 28 January

• Russia - Iceland 29:22
• Czech Rep. - Slovenia 28:26
• Algeria - Kuwait 34:29

5th round, 29 January

• Iceland - Algeria 34:25
• Czech Rep. - Kuwait 33:22
• Russia - Slovenia 31:27

Standings:

Russia     5  5 0 0 151:103 10 *
Czech Rep. 5  2 2 1 145:136  6 *
Slovenia   5  3 0 2 154:137  6 *
Iceland    5  2 1 2 154:144  5  
Algeria    5  1 1 3 138:153  3  
Kuwait     5  0 0 5 101:170  0  

* indicates they qualified for playoffs

Group C

Standings:

Croatia    5  5 0 0 169:124 10  *
Spain      5  4 0 1 191:128  8  *
Sweden     5  3 0 2 164:118  6  *
Japan      5  2 0 3 121:151  4   
Argentina  5  1 0 4 133:141  2   
Australia  5  0 0 5  85:201  0   

* indicates they qualified for playoffs

Group D

Standings:

Serbia&Mn  5  4 0 1 139:117 8 *
Norway     5  3 1 1 142:105 7 *
Germany    5  3 1 1 149:115 7 *
Egypt      4  3 0 1 104:99  6  
Brazil     5  1 0 4 104:146 2  
Qatar      5  0 0 5 117:168 0  

* indicates they qualified for playoffs

Playoff group A

Standings:

Tunisia    5  2 3 0 150:128  7 *
France     5  2 2 1 127:120  6 *
Greece     5  2 1 2 134:138  5  
Slovenia   5  1 2 2 142:140  4  
Russia     5  2 0 3 126:137  4  
Czech Rep. 5  2 0 3 131:147  4  

* indicates they qualified for semifinals

Playoff group B

Standings:

Croatia    5  4 0 1 139:135  8 *
Spain      5  3 1 1 155:139  7 *
Serbia&Mn  5  2 2 1 127:125  6  
Norway     5  2 1 2 137:139  5  
Germany    5  1 1 3 132:135  3  
Sweden     5  0 1 4 132:148  1  

* indicates they qualified for semifinals

11th, 9th, 7th, 5th place matches

11th place match:

• Slovenia - Sweden 29:32

9th place match:

• Czech Rep. - Germany 34:39 (after extra time)

7th place match:

• Russia - Norway 27:30

5th place match:

• Greece - Serbia & Mn 26:37

Semifinals

February 5:

• Tunisia - Spain 30:33

• Croatia - France 35:32

Final

February 6:

• Croatia - Spain 34:40

Third place match

February 6:

• France - Tunisia 26:25

Winner

Final standings

1. Spain
2. Croatia
3. France
4. Tunisia
5. Serbia and Montenegro
6. Greece
7. Norway
8. Russia
9. Germany
10. Czech Republic
11. Sweden
12. Slovenia

Top scorers

1. Wissem Hmam TUN 81
2. Eduard Kokcharov RUS 80
3. Mirza Džomba CRO 62
4. Jan Filip CZE 58
5. Siarhei Rutenka SLV 58
6. Juan Garcia ESP 55
7. David Juricek CZE 51
8. Kristian Kjelling NOR 50
9. Michael Guigou FRA 48
10. Florian Kehrmann GER 47

See also

• World Men's Handball Championship

External link

• Men's WC 2005 in Tunisia, at IHF